Odonata

Translingual

Megalagrion leptodemas (crimson Hawaiian damselfly)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”); apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles, +‎ -ata.

Proper noun

Odonata

1. A taxonomic order within the class Insecta – dragonflies and damselflies.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Palaeoptera - infraclass

Hyponyms

• (order): Epiprocta (dragonflies and infraorder Epiophlebioptera), Zygoptera (damselflies) (suborders)
  • Archizygoptera (clade)
  • Permagrionoidea (extinct superfamily, incertae sedis)
    • Aeshnidae, Amphipterygidae, Austropetaliidae, Calopterygidae, Chlorocyphidae, Chlorogomphidae, Coenagrionidae, Cordulegastridae, Corduliidae, Dicteriadidae, Epiophlebiidae, Euphaeidae, Gomphidae, Hemiphlebiidae, Isostictidae, Lestidae, Lestoideidae, Libellulidae, Macromiidae, Megapodagrionidae, Neopetaliidae, Perilestidae, Petaluridae, Philogangidae, Platycnemididae, Platystictidae, Polythoridae, Pseudolestidae, Synlestidae, Synthemistidae - families

References

• Odonata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Odonata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Odonata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Odonata at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Odonata at Paleobiology Database
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI